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Mack & Mabel

Majestic Theatre , (10/06/1974 - 11/30/1974)

First Preview:		Total Previews:	5
Opening Date:	Oct 06, 1974
Closing Date:	Nov 30, 1974	Total Performances:	66

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: 1911-1938. The Sennett Studios; The Brooklyn Studio; Mack's Office, Brooklyn; Los Angeles; The Orchid Room of the Hollywood Hotel; A Pier, New York; "Vitagraph Varieties of 1929" and more.

Opening Night Credits
Awards
Songs

Production Staff
Produced by David Merrick; Produced in association with Edwin H. Morris; Associate Producer: Jack Schlissel
Book by Michael Stewart; Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Musical Director: Don Pippin; Vocal arrangements by Don Pippin; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Incidental and Dance music by John Morris; Based on an idea by Leonard Spielglass
Directed by Gower Champion; Choreographed by Gower Champion; Associate Choreographer: Buddy Schwab
Scenic Design by Robin Wagner; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Audio Consultant: Abe Jacob; Hair Stylist: Ted Azar; Assistant to Mr. Wagner: John Kasarda and Marjorie Kellogg; Assistant to Miss Zipprodt: Ben Benson; Assistant to Miss Musser: Richard Winkler
Production Supervisor: Lucia Victor; Production Stage Manager: Marnel Sumner; Stage Manager: Tony Manzi; Assistant Stage Mgr: Pat Trott
Associate Conductor: Skip Redwine
General Press Representative: Solters / Sabinson / Roskin Inc.; Press Representative: Bud Westman and Joshua Ellis; Advertising: Blaine-Thompson and Fred Golden; Assistant to Mr. Merrick: Helen Nickerson; Assistant to Mr. Schlissel: Mark Bramble; Assistant to Mr. Champion: Pat Cummings; Dance Captain: Sandra Brewer; Film Coordinator: Andy Stein; Casting: Lucia Victor and Howard Feuer

Cast

Bernadette Peters	Mabel Normand
Robert Preston	Mack Sennett

Lisa Kirk	Lottie Ames
James Mitchell	William Desmond Taylor

John Almberg	Grip
Cheryl Armstrong	Phyllis Foster
	Bathing Beauty
Claudia Asbury	Bathing Beauty
Tom Batten	Mr. Kleinman
Sandahl Bergman	Bathing Beauty
Roger A. Bigelow	Freddie
	Grip
George Blackwell	Grip
Frank Bouley	Grip
Gerard Brentte	Grip
Lonnie Burr	Grip
Helen Butleroff	Swing Dancer
Chrystal Chambers	Bathing Beauty
Nancy Dafgek	Bathing Beauty
Prudence Darby	Bathing Beauty
Chet D'Elia	Grip
Jerry Dodge	Frank Wyman
Nancy C. Evers	Ella
Robert Fitch	Wally
Igors Gavon	Grip
Elaine Handel	Bathing Beauty
Paula Lynn	Bathing Beauty
Richard Maxon	Swing Dancer
Bert Michaels	Mr. Fox
Patricia Michaels	Bathing Beauty
Jonathan Miele	Grip
Christopher Murney	Charlie Muldoon
Don Percassi	Grip
Carol Perea	Bathing Beauty
Frank Root	Serge
	Grip
L. J. Rose	Bathing Beauty
Rita Rudner	Bathing Beauty
Marie Santell	Iris the wardrobe mistress
Marianne Selbert	Bathing Beauty
Stanley Simmonds	Eddie the watchman
Jo Speros	Bathing Beauty
Pat Trott	Bathing Beauty
Geordie Withee	Bathing Beauty

Understudies: Roger A. Bigelow (William Desmond Taylor), George Blackwell (Eddie), Frank Bouley (Mr. Kleinman), Lonnie Burr (Charlie Muldoon), Helen Butleroff (Swing Dancer), Igors Gavon (Mack Sennett), Richard Maxon (Swing Dancer), Patricia Michaels (Lottie Ames), Jonathan Miele (Mr. Fox), Don Percassi (Wally), Frank Root (Frank Wyman), L. J. Rose (Ella) and Marie Santell (Mabel Normand)

1975 Tony Award^® Best Musical
	Produced by David Merrick [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Book of a Musical
	Book by Michael Stewart [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Actor in a Musical
	Robert Preston [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Actress in a Musical
	Bernadette Peters [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Robin Wagner [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Costume Design
	Patricia Zipprodt [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Choreography
	Gower Champion [nominee]
1975 Tony Award^® Best Direction of a Musical
	Gower Champion [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music and Lyrics
	Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
	Robert Preston [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical
	Bernadette Peters [nominee]

music by Jerry Herman; lyrics by Jerry Herman

ACT 1	Sung By
Movies Were Movies	Mack Sennett
Look What Happened to Mabel	Mabel Normand, Wally, Charlie Muldoon, Frank Wyman and Grips
Big Time	Lottie Ames and Family
I Won't Send Roses	Mack Sennett
I Won't Send Roses (Reprise)	Mabel Normand
I Wanna Make the World Laugh	Mack Sennett and Company
I Wanna Make the World Laugh (Reprise)	Mack Sennett and Company
Wherever He Ain't	Mabel Normand and Waiters
Hundreds of Girls	Mack Sennett and Bathing Beauties
ACT 2	Sung By
When Mabel Comes in the Room	Company
My Heart Leaps Up	Mack Sennett
Time Heals Everything	Mabel Normand
Tap Your Troubles Away	Lottie Ames and Girls
I Promise You a Happy Ending	Mack Sennett